The Council for Sustainable Development launched a public engagement exercise on the control of single-use plastics in September last year. The results of the public consultation were released today (14th).
The committee pointed out that after collecting opinions from different industries and the public, it made 24 recommendations in the report and submitted the report to the government today.
Among its recommendations are a ban on the free distribution of single-use plastic products, such as umbrella bags and hotel toiletries.
The report also believes that the authorities can improve the existing plastic shopping bag charging scheme, including tightening the scope of exemption, and raising the fee level to one or two yuan, while strengthening supervision over the distribution of flat bags.
The Committee believes that the Government will carefully consider the recommendations and implementation timetable in view of the current epidemic situation.
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Plastic is easy to use, but improper handling can cause environmental pollution.
The Council for Sustainable Development accepted the government's invitation last year to launch a public consultation on "control of single-use plastics". Since September last year, a total of more than 9,400 opinion forms, 60 written comments and 1,003 interviews were collected and analyzed through random telephone surveys18 Hong Kong people aged or above.
The committee made 24 recommendations on public comments.
The public agrees that the sale of plastic cotton swabs should be banned
Regarding the new control measures, the committee noted that the public engagement process referred to disposable plastic products that are suitable for sale, such as disposable plastic cutlery sold at retail outlets, plastic cotton swabs, inflatable sticks and balloons for parties or celebrations. Great.
The report recommends banning the free distribution of disposable plastic products, such as umbrella bags, that are normally provided to the general public for free.
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As for the disposable plastic products that are generally distributed to the general public for free, the Committee believes that banning the sale is not the most effective way to control, and therefore recommends that the Government explore the prohibition of the free distribution of such disposable plastic products, such as umbrella bags.
The Committee considers that the Government should also promote suitable alternatives, such as umbrella eliminators, wall-mounted shampoo or body wash dispensers, etc.
The Council for Sustainable Development launched a public engagement on the control of single-use plastics in September last year, and the results were announced today (14th).
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The plastic bag tax is proposed to be raised to 2 yuan, the public agrees that sealed frozen food should not be exempted
In addition, the committee also consulted on improving the charging scheme for plastic shopping bags commonly known as the plastic bag tax, emphasizing that the ultimate goal is to eliminate the free distribution of plastic shopping bags.
The committee pointed out that the government should tighten the scope of exemption from the existing plastic shopping bag charging scheme to further reduce the use of plastic shopping bags.
There was a general consensus in the public engagement that the current exemption for plastic shopping bags containing frozen or frozen foods could be lifted, since most frozen or frozen foods already have airtight packaging and plastic shopping bags do not prevent water droplets from condensing on the frozen or frozen foods.
However, the public believes that it is necessary to use plastic shopping bags to store food without any packaging, such as fresh meat, fresh fish and vegetables, so the relevant exemption should be retained.
The committee recommends that the government should remove the current exemption for plastic shopping bags containing frozen or frozen food that has been sealed in a sealed package; it should also not be required to provide free plastic for food that has been completely wrapped in non-airtight packaging, such as eggs in plastic boxes, etc. Shopping Bag.
As for the level of levy, the committee proposes that the plastic bag tax should be doubled from the current 5 cents to one or two dollars, which it believes will help consumers to change their behavior.
In addition, the committee suggested that the authorities should also strengthen the supervision over the distribution of flat bags, such as placing a reminder next to the flat bags, stating that unless exempted, the use of flat bags requires payment of plastic shopping bag charges.
Flat pockets are commonly found in the fruit section of supermarkets. Since self-collection is free, many citizens take more than one at a time.
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